Tag: Citizen Science

My favorite flower is the daisy.

In our pro­file series, we intro­duce the peo­ple behind Flo­ra Raet­i­ca.
Today: Carmelia Arias Linares, sec­re­tary from Ilanz.

2026 Year in Review – Landquart

On Feb­ru­ary 6, 2027, we’ll look back togeth­er, relive your excit­ing obser­va­tions and sto­ries through a col­or­ful pho­to ret­ro­spec­tive, and take a look at the insights gained from the col­lect­ed data.

Let’s wrap up the 2026 outdoor season together

Which plant find­ings have you been work­ing on this year that are still not entire­ly clear? On Novem­ber 29, 2026, we’ll share our insights and help resolve any out­stand­ing iden­ti­fi­ca­tion ques­tions.

The third mapping weekend of the season is now behind us: Tschamut

Three days, a lot of ele­va­tion gain, and sur­pris­ing dis­cov­er­ies: Dur­ing the map­ping week­end in the upper Sur­sel­va, par­tic­i­pants record­ed over 4,800 sight­ings of 680 dif­fer­ent species, despite the advanced stage of veg­e­ta­tion.

Plants, mountains, spending the night in a mountain hut: That’s pure luxury!

In our por­trait series, we intro­duce the peo­ple behind Flo­ra Raet­i­ca.
Today: Stephanie Gold­bach-Asche­mann, physi­cist and lab­o­ra­to­ry engi­neer from Seve­len.

Puschlav: Several Hundred New Plant Discoveries in Just Three Days

25 vol­un­teers are fill­ing in gaps in our knowl­edge and mak­ing sig­nif­i­cant progress in plant map­ping.

Flora Raetica: Halfway to the Flora of the Century for Graubünden

Well over a hun­dred vol­un­teers have been doc­u­ment­ing the flo­ra of Graubün­den since 2021—with 350,000 sight­ings report­ed so far and the first inter­est­ing results emerg­ing.

Being outdoors and the “treasure hunt” bring me joy

In our por­trait series, we intro­duce the peo­ple behind Flo­ra Raet­i­ca.
Today: Simon Gysi, a soft­ware devel­op­er from Zurich.

A spirit of discovery at the mapping weekend in Safiental

Rare plants, suc­cess­ful mis­sions, impres­sive land­scapes: 25 Flo­ra Raet­i­ca employ­ees worked hard to map the Safien­tal val­ley.

Bündner Woche: Report on Flora Raetica

The Bünd­ner Woche accom­pa­nied Flo­ra Raet­i­ca into the field — the result is an excit­ing report on plant map­ping and flo­ra change.